Re: How old are Emacs users?

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Gian Uberto Lauri

Subject:

Re: How old are Emacs users?

Date:

Fri, 4 May 2007 18:59:51 -0400

>>>>> "s" == sixdegreepub <address@hidden> writes:
s> I'm 15 and I began to use Emacs and Linux recently.
Oh, wise boy! You did a smart choiche, not only because they are
powerful, but also because they are Free (as in Freedom).
s> I say that is unknown, because I am not able to tell my classmates
s> what its advantage is.
First of all there are the four freedoms:
0) You are free to use them as you wish, without limits. Those who do
not use Free Software have their programs bound to be used on only
one machine at a time (or worse) and preinstalled operative system
are often licensed for a specific computer (you can't use them on
another computer, even if the previous one is wrecked).
1) You are free to see how they are built, learn how to change them
and do the changes you need. Knowing how some programs are build is
totally impossible to do.
2) You can distribute copies. With proprietary software this is called
piracy...
3) You can distribute your own changes. Even if you manage to patch
some proprietary software, it's unlikely you can redistribute the
patch (forget about the software itself)
s> Also that is because I am not familiar with Emacs.
There is always something to learn with Emacs :).
You will learn that Emacs can work for you as opposed to require you
to manouver it over and over again...
Start with C-x ( and C-x ).
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